#moderation

Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments. ↗

— Andrew Levkoff

#life-lesson #moderation #setting-goals #life

Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.* ↗

— William Shakespeare

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I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight...I agree. ↗

— Koren Zailckas

#moderation #alcohol

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. ↗

— Lord Byron

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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#experience #grow #moderation #old #order

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

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Moderation in all things. ↗

— Terence

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